Yup - thanks I finally got a hold of someone in the council in the know about PS1 and 3's after about an hour of getting the run around. In Auckland you have to be an approved author to submit producer statements - costs $199 for 3 years to be added to their "list" before they will accept a PS from you - plumbers included. Its amazing what you can find out when you get passed around all the various departments at the council.

From the various people I spoke today I was told a lot of things from -
"plumbers are not allowed to install solid fuel heaters only NZHAA"
"we wont issue a CCC if a plumber has installed it" to
"plumbers are exempt" to
"you need to submit a PS3"

Auckland Council has gone nuts with this super city thing - no one has any definitive answers on the issue.

I actually read the annual plan for 2010/2011 today and there is nothing in there at all about the fees relating to NZHAA or solid fuel heater installation - and when I asked the powers that be where the information was published - no one could actually answer.

So I have an inspection on Thursday for a solid fuel heater install - and it will be interesting to see what they do require and whether they will issue a CCC.